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Drew Brees announced some welcome good news to New Orleans Saints fans on Tuesday: he intends to return to play again in 2020, putting retirement off for at least another year. While Brees has not yet signed a contract extension with the Saints, he’s previously said that he’ll play in New Orleans or nowhere. His decision is the first domino to fall in a stacked class of free agent quarterbacks, impacting situations around the NFL — and in New Orleans, where backups Teddy Bridgewater and Taysom Hill are both due new deals.
However, Bridgewater and Hill aren’t the only teammates to be touched by Brees’ return. Wide receiver Michael Thomas and running back Alvin Kamara have both enjoyed great success while paired with Brees to start their careers, and they each expressed eagerness to take the field with him again in 2020. While Thomas has already inked a long-term contract extension with New Orleans, Kamara is headed for a contract year but has hinted at some early progress in negotiations. The young Saints playmakers reacted to Brees’ news with posts from their official Instagram accounts:
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